Thread 718487260

Is the internet ready?

>>718487260 (OP)
no

zoomers dont know about half-life 1 or 2, only garys mod and skibidi toilet

>hey remember that shitty first person shooter from 20 years ago?
>well here's that sequel nobody gives a fuck about
Honestly I'd prefer another portal game

>>718487539
>Skibidi toilet Is a marketing move for Half-Life 3
Trust the plan

>>718487539
That's gen alpha.

>>718487260 (OP)
No live service, no buy, sorry.

>>718487539
zoomers are almost 30 years you stupid boomer.

It won't be announced at any sort of show. Valve will just drop an announcement trailer on Xitter.

>>718487851
>almost 30
That makes them boomers.

>>718487539
im 24 and i grew up with gmod and many of my friends wtf are you talking about you FUCKING FAGGOT YOU RAISED MY BLOOD PRESSURE STOP FUCKING BULLSHITTING

>>718487260 (OP)
It's too late. Way too late. Only balding millenials and elder zoomers care.

>>718487784
Ok zoomzoom

>>718487961
He did say only garry's mod so he isn't wrong

>>718488109
SORRY i didn't read properly i can't concentrate on text

>>718488335
zoomers tiktok brain cant even read a short sentence lmao

>>718487260 (OP)
this is gonna break the internet

>>718488037
Balding millenial here and I couldn't give a crap. Valve is never going to make a HL1 or HL2 esque boomershooter ever again.

>>718487260 (OP)
It will never happen.

>>718488046
Anon, zoomers grew up on old shit like gmod and flash animations, they are definitely not the ones who are interested in skibidi toilet
Besides, most zoomers are married already

>>718491280
Next week be ready

>>718491587
ONE MORE WEEK
ONE MORE WEEK
ONE MORE WEEK
ONE MORE WEEK

>>718490701
I guarantee you that /v/ will straight up become unusable, catalog will be filled to the brim with hl3 threads, even elden ring, zelda and bg3 releases combined won't compare to the absolute shitstorm of half life discussion, the once in a lifetime phenomena

>>718491441
>most zoomers are married already
Zoomers are the most sexless generation ever.

>>718487872
Alyx's announcement only happened the way it did cause of the coof I think
I think they would 100% get a spot on TGA or something to announce something of the magnitude of HL fucking 3

Tyler all but confirmed it on his discord. He has insider knowledge from what I hear.

>>718488046
Not my fault you can't tell the difference.

>>718487260 (OP)
People were ready 18 years ago after Episode 2. Remeber this fake screenshot? As the years went on, people's hope faded. It's a kind of tired that sleep won't fix.

Nobody will care about a modern Half Life because science is lame and gay now, video game innovation is dead, and we hate Half Life oldtroons live Civiee who constantly berate masculine dudebro shooters like Halo.

>>718487260 (OP)
Lil Gaben ain’t gonna do shit.

>>718487665
Honestly, I’d prefer you keep your shit opinions to yourself.

>>718487260 (OP)
>Is the internet ready?.. h-hello..?

>>718487260 (OP)
No, when it comes with Ibex, Deckard, and the Steam Deck 2, the internet really won't be ready. This is the right time to release a Half-Life 3.
>FPS genre already got a good shake-up from Doom 2016 but is in need for another one
>Microsoft and Sony have both tripped, fell, and spilled their spaghetti everywhere leaving an opening
>now is the time to reclaim PC gaming
Reclaim what is rightfully yours Valve

>>718487851
They’re also virgins, lol.

>>718495427
No this place sucks now, we need to gatekeep virginity again.

>>718495427
So are you (and I) so it's really not something to gloat about unless you're commiserating.

>>718494719
Oh man, that image takes me back. How long has it been... I remember all the discussions and hopes and dreams in here and in the old Orkut community back then.

>>718487260 (OP)
It's been so long that I don't remember, but I recall that Valve said at the time that the episodic format would allow for faster releases of new games... so why did they stop at 2? What sort of impediment did they find along the way? Was it a technical thing?

Releasing it nowadays WILL carry a lot of expectations, but I feel like if they just sticked to the plan and just released the damn episode 3 1~3 years after episode 2, it would most likely be well received, and nothing would've changed much for Valve: they'd still own steam, they'd still be loved, they could've kept pumping out new games in the series... so why? Why didn't they just release it back then?

>>718495997
>Was it a technical thing?
The devs burned out after working on HL games back to back and the Left 4 Dead project gained a lot of momentum, so they decided to work on it instead. By the time they were done, the window for episodic release had long passed.

>>718495881
Please, zoomers are breaking all the virginity records. Enjoy your brown future, fags.

More hyped for EZ3 to be quite honest

>>718496396
Well, L4D was cool too, so at least there's that... I still would've preferred EP3, though.

>>718487665
that is the BOMB: the story of portal and half life are combined. the combine did not invade earth for some fucking water. noone gives a shit about that or humans, they already have 99999999 bioslaves.

the only thing combine actually wants is the teleportation technology. the one from aperture. hl3 will close the story lines from 2 vidia

>>718499738
Yeah, that's what most people expected, even back in the day.

>>718499738
Erik Wolpaw is really public about wanting to make Portal 3 so while I expect a big crossover between the two series I don't think HL3 will be the end for Portal.

>>718500963
I don’t see why they would be mutually exclusive.
The Combine want the Borealis and not necessarily the Aperature facility itself. The giant timeskip in 2 is enough evidence that they either never found it or just didn’t care.

>>718495427
no way is that real

>>718495997
>It's been so long that I don't remember, but I recall that Valve said at the time that the episodic format would allow for faster releases of new games... so why did they stop at 2? What sort of impediment did they find along the way? Was it a technical thing?
It turns out episodic development doesn't actually make development faster and in fact cab even make things worse. Beyond that valve has a very weird development model where devs can start and stop working on anything they want as long as they're doing something. So after a few false starts enough people moved on to other projects and HL3 got shelved.

The hype is gonna kill any possible enjoyment
Nothing is going to be good enough as we expected after all these years. And as many anons said already, unless you put some sort of long recap at the very start (which already is kinda lame, those sequences usually suck), no one will know/remember/care about what the fuck happened so far between the Humans, the Combine, the Vortigaunts, Aperture Science, the cake, etc.

I know they will never let it die because at least an ember can still warm the hearts of whoever oldfag is still around playing vidya, but in all truth i would prefer if, backed up by money, they finally dared to make some NEW games, NEW attempt at franchises, instead of yet another remake, another remaster, or in this case a sequel no one will enjoy at this point

>>718504742
I hope they're not doing any long-winded recaps and just go straight to the point unapologetically. Granted they'll probably have to explain what the fuck happened at the end of HLA from Gordon's perspective but that's it.

>>718499738
The combine came because they could, simple as, the portal technology was a happy little accident

>>718487260 (OP)
Not happening so soon. Half Life is a tech demo franchise, and there's nothing new happening with vidya tech, actually it's stalled for almost a decade now.

>>718504742
>I know they will never let it die because at least an ember can still warm the hearts of whoever oldfag is still around playing vidya, but in all truth i would prefer if, backed up by money, they finally dared to make some NEW games, NEW attempt at franchises, instead of yet another remake, another remaster, or in this case a sequel no one will enjoy at this point


1) They've been working on it for ages and they even say it as much on the fucking HL2 anniversary video
2) The Dyson Sphere shit was pretty much an angry nonsensical shitty written fanfic and just an angry rant of Laidlaw as he leaving the company who has since said multiple times he regrets it as he's back to working on Valve
3) They LITERALLY just did a massive make over on Deadlock, an entirely new IP, and you can finally start seeing how it's gonna end up

>>718491441
>zoomers are married
that is the last fucking sentence on earth i ever expected to read

it's been 18 years
there are adult anons who are younger than episode 2 posting on this board right now
please move on already

>>718493014
Yes, that's what it means to be married.

>>718491441
>Besides, most zoomers are married already
lol
lmao even

>>718506304
>The Dyson Sphere shit was pretty much an angry nonsensical shitty written fanfic and just an angry rant of Laidlaw
I'm pretty sure Robin Walker is on the record as saying that was the first story concept for HL3 and they had made some of the game based on it

>>718506304
>you can finally start seeing how it's gonna end up
A dead man walking hyper-competitive DOTA third person shooter that only holds a playerbase because Valve is attached to it?

>>718506290
Just because the technology exists doesn't mean people are actually using it.
The HL2 tech demo on E3 was mind blowing to everyone there yet it was things that existed and were doable for a while, Valve employees were worried sick because they thought it was boring and wasn't enough at the time yet it mind broke the entire convention.


>>718506626
They LITERALLY SAY MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE HL2 ANNIVERSARY VIDEO that the story for Half Life games happens as the game evolves.
There's no set story or draft, at the absolute most there's a very basic skeleton but the devs work out levels and ideas first and then things are written around them.

You niggas really need to go watch that fucking video because apparently only like 2 of us in the thread have despite answering almost all things half life related on the past 20 years and the future of HL.

>>718507317
why are you getting angry when you're agreeing with me? it was the official HL3 story at one point, obviously they have changed it now, but it wasn't fanfiction

what kind of requirements will it have if it's real? a little higher than CS2 and deadlock? i don't do either of those

>>718508254
Probably comparable to CS2, is my guess
might be less if it's a hybrid VR/flat game
time to upgrade bro

>>718508063
But I'm not, I'm explaining to you why it was never that far ahead and why it was never the HL3 story at any point because HL3 was never ever that advanced, the gameplay never got to the point where they would reach that level of writing and we KNOW straight from Laidlaw and the devs that the writing serves the gameplay and comes after.


At the absolute best case scenario for this story it might have been a partial, unfinished cobbled together mess of like 8 different possible directions the story could've gone for and most importantly, it was a defeatist allegory by Laidlaw that he alone couldn't fight a titan such as Valve which apparently flew over everyone's head.
That's why he regrets it, that's why he deleted it, that's why he's back on Valve, it was a rant veiled as writing.

>>718503102
Yeah, the episode thing is usually a meme in the gamedev world, you rarely, if at all, see it actually being faster.

>>718504742
>>718506304
I think it is not a good idea, but what if they restarted the franchise? Would that work? Would that make new people hyped about the franchise, as well as the old fans?

I don't like the idea because it'd feel frustrating to see the one we know never even ending. Plus, it would feel a bit uninspired, to se et another remake of an old franchise.

>>718506304
You do realize that dispite everything there is a very real chance deadlock is never officially released right?

>>718508832
nah you're wrong. can't wait to see the final cutscene with the dyson sphere next year

>>718506290
Steam Deck 2

>>718509034
>8 years in development
>biggest update yet happened only yesterday
yeah I'm sure they're going to abandon it when it's 70% finished and has tens of thousands of players

>>718507317
>really need to go watch that fucking video because apparently only like 2 of us in the thread have despite answering almost all things half life related on the past 20 years and the future of HL
Another proof of my argument being kinda relevant: the general public gives no more shits about HL anymore. And that's not even considering possible new players
It IS possible that they finally release HL3 and it ends up being good, i'm not gonna lie, but it's gonna be fucking difficult to catch the people's attention once again.

>>718508971
>another reboot
Well, i guess it could work, but come on, is that difficult to write a new idea? I know that every new story concept for games has been complete shit nowadays, but i still prefer to bet for that rather than keep rehashing the same old plots.

>>718487260 (OP)
Half-Life was never good, the only reason it was popular is because it was a novelty to have a story in a FPS, especially told that way. Half-Life 2 was a tech demo for the Source engine.

Nowadays, the average zoom zoom/alphie doesn't really understand the impact of HF and even if they tried, they wouldn't really understand it. Its time of relevance is gone.

>>718509034
There's a chance yeah, it's valve, they restart shit all the time.
But the game getting leaked/soft closed alpha tested most likely avoided it, I wouldn't be surprised if there was whispers of the game getting cancelled like countless other valve projects we've never seen but one or two disgruntled devs leaked it in protest/anger/frustration and ended up picking up steam after the initial disgusted reaction by most people.
I remember /v/ went from
>"what the fuck is this faggot MOBA shit that looks like ass"
to
>"HOLY SHIT THIS GAMES POTENTIALLY GOATED" real quick


>>718509724
TF2 got restarted around 4 times and cancelled like twice.
Valve does this shit all the time and there's a countless amount of games and projects they dropped or restarted, the anniversary video showed us footage from one of many attempts of episode 3 for example.

>>718509724
Until they reveal the monetization scheme anything could happen

>>718509771
>i still prefer to bet for that rather than keep rehashing the same old plots.
Same, but I was trying to think on their perspective, if that would be more of an appealing approach to them.
I hope not, I'd prefer if the damn series as we know it just got a proper ending. Not a rushed, uninspired thing, an honest, proper attempt at an ending.

>>718510190
It was and is a good game. It was challenging, with a cool story and concepts, and decent graphics at the time. What's not to like?

>>718509771
>Another proof of my argument being kinda relevant: the general public gives no more shits about HL anymore. And that's not even considering possible new players
>It IS possible that they finally release HL3 and it ends up being good, i'm not gonna lie, but it's gonna be fucking difficult to catch the people's attention once again.


I don't think Valve would really care that much about the game selling 50 million or 25 million, they don't need money anymore and they don't owe anything to any stockholder which has been a curse and a blessing.
Obviously they want fucking money, but the game would sell a shitton regardless and the company is not gonna go under if it doesn't sell 10 million more units.
HL Alyx has sold around 3ish MILLION units despite being a fucking PC only VR exclusive game needing ideally an Index.
The public is dormant but not dead, there's not much fanfare BECAUSE there's no activity whatsoever, but thinking that an official reveal of HL3 wouldn't break the internet is just retarded.
>>718510543
The models are already divided in a modular way with different sections so they can sell hats for the head, torso, weapon, etc, or change the mesh altogether for a specific new item, same as dota, in fact they already implemented some half assed Christmas skins last year for an event probably to test it out.

>>718512232
Again I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop

>>718487260 (OP)
imagine if it releases with mod tools and we get a resurgence of the hl1/hl2 mod scenes

>>718514769
If any game is gonna release with the Source 2 SDK it's gonna be HL3

HL3 will easily do >1 million concurrent on Steam if/when it comes out. The idea nobody cares is pretty dumb.

>>718515201
cs2 can barely do 1mil concurrent on a good day, and browns/chinese don't give a flying fuck about a paid half-life game

>>718515201
While I expect big number I'm not expecting that high of a number desu.

>>718515360
Why do you niggers lie like this?
It takes 5 seconds to check that it very easily hits over 1 million even on down days like monday but also hits around 1.3 million on weekends with peaks of almost 1.5 million on recent events.

WHERE IS IT YOU FAT FUCK

>>718516379
yeah and a paid game that doesn't appeal to the chinese won't ever touch those numbers

>>718516660
Cyberpunk hit a million despite all the shit surrounding it, thinking fucking HL3 won't do those numbers on valves own platform is downright retarded.

>>718487260 (OP)
maybe if we promise Gabe a bajilion yahts he'll make it

bruh, Valve hates keighley so much for selling out, they will never announce it on his shitty ad event

"The game is finished and being playtested by friends and family of Valve staff. It's definitely coming at this game awards" - man for the third year in a row

>>718502814
It's obviously not, it's very badly photoshopped. Though it is true that male virginity is on the rise, but not by that much.

>>718515201
It's been 20 years, no one cares just because you do

>>718487260 (OP)
Way too late now. Who would give a fuck?

>>718487260 (OP)
Gabe can buy Geoff with the money in his yachts couch cushions he's not gonna belittle himself announcing anything at his clown fiesta

it's literally never coming. valve is full of ADHD retards who can't get anything done without someone tard wrangling them. the only reason alyx was able to be finished was them abandoning their flat structure for that one specific game. which they will never do again because they're too scared to mess it up after all the hype.

>>718487260 (OP)
It’s been too long. No one will care, and the game will feel like a fanfic rather than a real Half Life game.

HL1 is the only good HL game

>>718495427
2030
WIZARD WARS

>>718487260 (OP)
Half Life 2 sucked. Nobody cares about this meme game in 2025.

>>718487665
The total number of people who have played HL2 doubled in the last year from all the zoomers/women/streamers getting "ready for HL3"

It's over...

>>718520947
*slowed Triage at Dawn begins to play*

>>718487260 (OP)
Ahh, so it’s Zoomers turn to go through humiliation ritual hell of finding out HL3 is never going to happen. Have fun kids.

>>718495427
We are the first generation that realized women are a meme